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Child Trauma
Children experience trauma in different ways and most importantly through different eyes. A child's temperament and personality can effect the traumatic outcome (if one) for
the child.
Reactions to trauma may appear immediately after the traumatic event or days or even weeks later. The symptoms of the traumatic reactions may be very individual and depend
on the age of the child.
Very young children typically have a strong fear of being separated from their parents. They might show behaviours of earlier developmental stages (regressive behaviour) like
thumb–sucking, bedwetting, or they cannot sleep alone in their beds anymore (fear of darkness)
Any change of social...show more content...
Some adolescents try to self–medicate with alcohol and drugs to compensate for flashbacks and major emotional disturbances.
Many children or adolescents are afraid to talk about their traumatic experiences, especially if close relatives are involved. They may even feel extreme guilt over their failure to
prevent the traumatic event.
It is important for the children that have experienced trauma to relive the event. They may not be able to at first but as time progresses and the child comes to understand the full
perspective of what happened, it will allow them to grab hold of the experience and deal with it in a way that works for them. To refer to the "Myths ofChildhood" video which
contained a group of children that had been on a hijacked bus, the children took some time, I believe the trauma was still affecting them in their twenties. They had to deal
with the situation and the trauma so that when they walked down the street and heard a noise like a gunshot they wouldn't instantly panic and be revisited by old traumatic
events. But all of the children that were exposed to the trauma recovered slightly quicker or slower due to their temperaments, personality and support they were all individually
given.
The Four Corners documentary, on the Romanian Orphanage children suffered from deprivation. The children had a
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Child Trauma Essay

  • 1. Child Trauma Essay Child Trauma Children experience trauma in different ways and most importantly through different eyes. A child's temperament and personality can effect the traumatic outcome (if one) for the child. Reactions to trauma may appear immediately after the traumatic event or days or even weeks later. The symptoms of the traumatic reactions may be very individual and depend on the age of the child. Very young children typically have a strong fear of being separated from their parents. They might show behaviours of earlier developmental stages (regressive behaviour) like thumb–sucking, bedwetting, or they cannot sleep alone in their beds anymore (fear of darkness) Any change of social...show more content... Some adolescents try to self–medicate with alcohol and drugs to compensate for flashbacks and major emotional disturbances. Many children or adolescents are afraid to talk about their traumatic experiences, especially if close relatives are involved. They may even feel extreme guilt over their failure to prevent the traumatic event. It is important for the children that have experienced trauma to relive the event. They may not be able to at first but as time progresses and the child comes to understand the full perspective of what happened, it will allow them to grab hold of the experience and deal with it in a way that works for them. To refer to the "Myths ofChildhood" video which contained a group of children that had been on a hijacked bus, the children took some time, I believe the trauma was still affecting them in their twenties. They had to deal with the situation and the trauma so that when they walked down the street and heard a noise like a gunshot they wouldn't instantly panic and be revisited by old traumatic events. But all of the children that were exposed to the trauma recovered slightly quicker or slower due to their temperaments, personality and support they were all individually given. The Four Corners documentary, on the Romanian Orphanage children suffered from deprivation. The children had a Get more content on HelpWriting.net